Re: [PATCH] selftests:net change ifconfig with ip command

[Jiri Pirko]

Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 07:50:52PM CEST, dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On 10/22/23 5:31 AM, Swarup Laxman Kotiaklapudi wrote:
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/route_localnet.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/route_localnet.sh
>> index 116bfeab72fa..3ab9beb4462c 100755
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/route_localnet.sh
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/route_localnet.sh
>> @@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ setup() {
>>      ip route del 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local
>>      ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ip route del 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local
>>  
>> -    ifconfig veth0 127.25.3.4/24 up
>> -    ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ifconfig veth1 127.25.3.14/24 up
>> +    ip a add 127.25.3.4/24 dev veth0
>
>ip addr add ...

Why not "address" then? :)
What's wrong with "a"?


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>> +    ip link set dev veth0 up
>> +    ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ip a add 127.25.3.14/24 dev veth1
>
>ip addr add ...
>
>> +    ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ip link set dev veth1 up
>>  
>>      ip route flush cache
>>      ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ip route flush cache
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